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Hi guys - It's been quite a while since I've been here. In that time, I have got to grips with rotary polishing and have had a lot of success with 3M and with the trusty Meguiars 83/80 combination I got used to by DA. I've corrected swirling and scratching on a number of cars and now it comes to my own, and especially our black car, I'd like some advice.
You know I love #7 (who doesn't?), but which out of #3 and #5 should I pick for use by rotary machine on my black SAAB? I said "Show Car" in the title - it isn't quite, but it is very thick paint, deep and shiny and also very delicate and subject to swirling unless VERY careful with the washing stage.
What I like about #7 is the smell! Really? Yeah, it smells like an antique product that is just the right thing to put onto Show Car paint. I have an inkling that #3 is going to be the closest for rotary application, but I can't help wondering about #5. I know "new car" paint back then might well have been very different to new paint today and even resprayed paint today, but what are the merits of either glaze?
What I tend to need is something to wipe off very VERY light swirling (nowhere near as deep that #9 might be needed) that turns up from washing and drying; #7 normally suffices there. 3M Ultrafina SE is something I'm using at the moment and very much enjoy, but there is more of an experience for me with #7 and I'd like the closest such experience by rotary, too ... you know what I mean :grin:
You know I love #7 (who doesn't?), but which out of #3 and #5 should I pick for use by rotary machine on my black SAAB? I said "Show Car" in the title - it isn't quite, but it is very thick paint, deep and shiny and also very delicate and subject to swirling unless VERY careful with the washing stage.
What I like about #7 is the smell! Really? Yeah, it smells like an antique product that is just the right thing to put onto Show Car paint. I have an inkling that #3 is going to be the closest for rotary application, but I can't help wondering about #5. I know "new car" paint back then might well have been very different to new paint today and even resprayed paint today, but what are the merits of either glaze?
What I tend to need is something to wipe off very VERY light swirling (nowhere near as deep that #9 might be needed) that turns up from washing and drying; #7 normally suffices there. 3M Ultrafina SE is something I'm using at the moment and very much enjoy, but there is more of an experience for me with #7 and I'd like the closest such experience by rotary, too ... you know what I mean :grin:
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